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Segmentation,
Targeting,
and Positioning
Mass-marketing
A strategy that presumes there is one
undifferentiated market and that one
product will appeal to all consumers in that
market.
Advantages
Lower cost
developed
Disadvantage
It only works if all consumers have the same
Market Matching
Segmentation Variables
Demographic Psychographic
Marketers may use a single variable
Marketers may use two or more variables
Geographic Segmentation
Division of the market based on the location of the
target market
People living in the same area have similar needs
and wants that differ from those living in other areas
Climate
Population density
Taste
Micromarketing
Demographic Segmentation
Partitioning of the market based on factors
such as
age
gender
marital status
income
occupation
education
ethnicity
Age
audiences
In 1998 cigarette advertisements represented 60% of ad space
in black newspapers
Following the success of the movie “Malcolm X”, Star Tobacco
Co. introduced a new brand called “X,” packaged in the black,
red and green colors of the black nationalist movement
Marketed in 20 states before pressure from the community forced
2. Multisegment (Differentiated)
3. Concentration (Niche)
1. Undifferentiated Strategy
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